Indictment against Afghan citizen for smuggling people across the Drina River

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The accused Anil Ahmad (1999), an Afghan citizen, is accused of smuggling 10 illegal migrants, including a minor, across the border on the Drina River for illegal financial gain.

The Prosecutor of the BiH Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against Ahmad, born in 1999 in Logar, Afghanistan, an Afghan citizen, who is in custody.

The accused is charged with smuggling 10 illegal migrants from Afghanistan, who did not meet the conditions for legal entry and stay in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including one minor, on September 25 of this year, with persons known to him, for illegal financial gain, contrary to Article 6 of the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

The indictment states that the accused, near the village of Ročević, Zvornik municipality, in agreement with persons known to him, picked up the migrants on the Serbian side of the border and transported them by boat to the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they were discovered by police officers of the BiH Border Police.

The accused is charged with the criminal offense of smuggling persons under Article 189 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The indictment has been forwarded to the BiH Court for confirmation.